Christmas-tree candle-holder.



No. 757,869. PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

H. G. HESS.

CHRISTMAS TREE CANDLE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 190;.

110 MODEL;

UNITED. STATES Patented April19,1904:

' PATE T OFFICE.

CHRISTMAS-TREE CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,869, dated April 19, 1904. Application filed November 2, 1903. Serial No. 179,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hueo G. Hnss,'a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Christmas-Tree Candle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in candle-holders such as are adapted for attachment to Christmas trees to receive the candles commonly employed for the illumination thereof; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of a simple and inexpensive nature and of a strong and durable construction having improved means for attachment to the tree, whereby the device is adapted for ready and secure attachment thereto and is at the same time capable of being conveniently and quickly removed when no longer required for use.

The invention consists'in'certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improved candle-holder whereby. certain important advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention,.Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a preferred form of the improved candle-holder as it appears in use for supporting a Christmas-tree candle, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the improved holder detached from the tree and with the candle removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken vertically and axially through the candle-holding end of the device and showing the means for attachment of the device to the tree in end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing, detached, the spring forming a part of the attaching means of the improved candle-holder. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the candle-holding portion of thedevice, showing several features of construction to be hereinafter referred to.

As shown in the views, the improved candle-holder is constructed with a cup-shaped portion 1 at one end, whichis stamped or otherwise formed up from sheet metal and is adapted to receive the lower end of the candle a, said cup-shaped portion 1 being made with upwardly and outwardly flaring walls, the upper edge portions of which may be formed with points, as shown at 2, for purposes of. ornamentation. The upper part of p the cup-like portion 1 is also made of a diameter greater than the candle a, so as to serve as a drip -cup to receive the drippings of melted wax, which would otherwise fall from the candle, and also to. receive and hold the jlighted wick when the'candle has burned out, so as to prevent said wick from falling. from the holder, and thereby to prevent the'danger of the tree being set on fire from contact with said wick. Within the cup-like portion 1 are provided retaining devices 3 3 in the form of inwardly-extended triangular metal projections extended inward from the walls of the portion 1 and having pointed or angular portions adapted for engagement with the lower end of the candle a. as clearly shown in Fig. 5, whereby the said candle is securelyheld in upright position in the cup-like portion. As seen in the drawings, there are three of the projections 3 3 dis posed equidistant around the portion 1; but it is evident a greater or less number may be employed, if desired. I

4 indicates a support for the portion 1 ofthe improved holder, and said-support 4 is formed from a narrow strip of sheet metal extended downward beneath the portion 1 andhaving its lower portion bent laterally at right angles,

as indicated at 5, and made of increased width, so that wings 6 6 are produced along-it's opposite edges, which wings 6 are bent'downward along opposite sides of said lateral portion 5 and are provided with serrations 7 7 of V shape, between which a notch or recess 8 is produced at each edge or side of the arm or lateral portion 5 of the holder.

In connection with the parts-above described the candle-holder comprises a clamping portion 9, formed from a piece of spring-wire,

the central portion of which is bent to produce a coil 10, from which extend upper and lower arms l2-and 11, respectively, which arms are 0 spaced apart and have at their ends portions 13 and 14, bent toward each other and arranged to cross one another. Beyond the po'rtions 13 and 14 the arms are again bent to produee substantially parallel parts 15 and 17,

and at the ends of these portions 15 and 17 the wire is again bent, as indicated at 16 on the of solder or otherwise, within the channel formed upon the under sideof the lateral supdevice in such a way as porting-arm 5 of the improved hold er, between the downwardly-bent side portions or wings 6 6 thereof, and the portion 17 of the upper arm 12 of the spring 9 is thereby caused to stand between the serrated portions of said wings 6, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in position to engage beneath a twig or branch :1: of the Christmas tree, which twig or. branch will be engaged at its upper side in the recesses 88 between the serrations 7 7 of the opposite Wings 6 6 of the lateral arm of the to securely and firmly hold the device in position to support a candle a on the tree. 7

Owing to the elasticity of the spring-clamping portion 9, the part 17 will bear elastically upon the under side of the twig or branch :1:

a of the tree and form a secure and effective attachment for the improved candle-holder, and

the elasticity of the spring 9 will serve to compensate for diflerences in diameter of the twigs or branches to which the candle-holders are attached.

From the above description it will be seen that the improved candle-holder constructed according to my invention is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for use, since it afiords not only a secure and convenient means for the attachment of the device to the Christmas tree, but also afiords an improved means for hold ing the candle itself and preventing all danger of the tree or furniture of the room where-v in the tree is arranged, being set on fire from the dropping of the lighted wick of the candle when the same has burned out. It will also be obvious from the above description that the device is capable ofconsiderable modification without material departure from the 5 5 principles and spiritof the. invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the device as herein set forth in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A candle-holderhaving a cup-like candle- 6 5 receiving portion provided with a supportingarmand a clamplng member formed of a wire having a central coil from which are extended parallel arms having portions bent toward each other and crossed, one of the arms being secured to said supporting-arm of the candle- 5 receiving portion and the other spring-arm being extended alongside of the supportingarm to engage a twig or the like.

2. A candle-holdercomprlsing a supporting-v arm, a ,candle-receiving portion held on one end of said supporting-arm and a clamping member formed of a wire with a central coil and two parallel arms one of which is secured to the other end of the supporting-arm and the other of which is extended alongside of said supporting-arm in 1 position to engage a twig or the like.

3. Acandle-h lderhavingalaterally-direct-.

ed supportingarm one side of which has ser- 5 rated projecting wings extended along opposite edges, and a clamping member formed of a wire centrally bent and having a central coil from which are extended arms one above another, ward each other and crossed and having, beyond said crossed portions other parallel parts one of whichis secured to the supporting-arm and the other of which is extended alongside said arm in position to engage a twig or branch engaged between the serrations of the wings of the supporting-arm.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 29th day of October, 1903.

, HUGO G.

Witnesses:

. WILLIAM SCHUCHARDT,

JOHN ELIAS JoNEs.

the said arms having portions bent to- 9 

